Donald Trump named Time's 'Person of the Year'

Thursday, December 12, 2024

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Time magazine named Donald Trump their 'Person of the Year', President Joe Biden has commuted 1,500 sentences and a new report found 'no evidence' FBI agents joined rioters at the Capitol on January 6

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1 | Donald Trump named Time's 'Person of the Year' for second time

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2 | Biden announces biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history

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3 | 'No evidence' undercover FBI agents joined Capitol riots despite ongoing conspiracy theories, watchdog finds

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4 | White House sees 'no evidence' of threat from NJ drones

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5 |Three men accuse Sean 'Diddy' Combs of drugging and raping them in new lawsuits

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The Big Question 

President Biden announced on Thursday he was granting 39 pardons to people with non-violent criminal convictions and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500, the largest single-day act of clemency in modern presidential history, according to the White House.

Those who are pardoned will see their convictions removed from their records, while those getting their sentences commuted — in this case, prisoners who were moved to home confinement during the pandemic — will see their remaining sentences reduced or ended.

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